w/Paul Smoker

Paul Smoker Notet

2013

• Landings (ACM)

w/ Smoker, trumpet; Steve Salerno, guitar; Drew Gress, bass

Alvas Records (AR-2024)

2012

• Cool Lives

w/ Paul Smoker, trumpet, Steve Salerno, guitar

Alvas Records (AR-2023)

2005

• Live at the Bop Shop

Paul Smoker, w/ Steve Salerno, guitar; Ed Schuller, bass

Alvas Records (AR-2022)

“There’s a lot to be said for youthful energy and new ideas . . . there are certainly those musicians whose most creative work happens earlier rather than later in their careers . . . but what I find most satisfying is the music of seasoned musicians who individually bring a lifetime of experience to their work and who in groups, bring a level of communication that reflects many, many years together.“

~ Jim Lanior, 17 October, 2013

Moers Festival official

Smoker – Haynes

2013

• It Might Be Spring

intimate duet concert w/Paul Smoker

Alvas Music 2024 / CornerStoreJazz 0103

By Myself

My Funny Valentine

“What Paul Smoker produced on his horn was unheard of in these latitudes; his complete command of his instrument allowed him to play whatever extravaganza he would think of, harmonically as well as in terms of dynamics.

Styles, modes and techniques of every era of the history of music — Baroque and Bebop, Structuralism and Storyville, Blues and Berio…

To the widely discussed question about the future development of the jazz trumpet, Paul Smoker’s musical concept could definitely constitute a far-reaching answer.“